Car-loading apparatus



D. L. CALAHAN.

CAR LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. Z. 192.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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nrroiva L. CALAHAN, or FAIRFAX; WASHINGTON.

\\ OAR-LOADING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DELONA L. CALAHAN,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfax, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Car-Loading Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in loading short lengths of mill wood into box cars. Heretofore the loading of wood into 'box cars has required the use of approximately nine men and has entailed such an expense as to render the shipment of the wood of very little profit to the shipper.

One of the objects of theinvention is to provide a mechanism whereby the number of men employed in loading a box car can be materially reduced at a great saving to the shipper and whereby the speed of loading can be accelerated.

A further object is to provide loading apparatus which is simple and inexpensive in construction, can be readily set up, and which is adjustable to supply the wood to different points within the box car.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- 7 Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus, the same being shown fully extended.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section therethrough. v

Figure 3 is a side elevation with the inclined boards removed.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a table the top of which is provided with a high back board 2 and a low front board 3 extending transversely of the table, there being a central inclined ridge 4; provided between oppositely disposed laterally and downwardly inclined surfaces 5 extending to the side edges of the table, this ridge being inclined downwardly and forwardly toward the wall 3, as shown particularly in Figure 3. Suitable brackets 6 are arranged under the side Specification of Letters Patent. Pm m Aug 1, 2

Application filed April 7,

1921. Serial No. 459,217.

portions of the table top and are adapted to be detachably engaged by a tongue 7 or the i likeextending from inclined boards or chute sections 8. Each of these sections is provided adjacent its free or lower end andupon the bottom surface thereof with a transverse supporting rod 9 and this rod is adapted to be engaged by a tongue 10 extending from the upper end of another inclined board of chute section 11. The parts are so arranged and proportioned that when the lower edge of the section 11 is in contact with the floor of the car the lapping portions of the two sections 8 and 11 will bind together so that said sectionswill be supported in inclined positions as shown in Figure 2.

In using the ap aratus the table is set up on the floor of a ox car directly opposite the open door in the car and with its wall 3 nearest said door opening. The inclined sections 8 and 11 are then assembled at opposite sides of the table as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a chute (not shown) is arranged within the door opening of the car so as to direct wood onto the top of the table, and an elevator or the like, not shown, is arranged for conveying wood upwardly to the chute. The mill wood, which is preferably about eighteen inches in length is elevated to the chute and gravitates along the chute to the top of the table, the same landing on the ridge 4. Some of the wood thus delivered will go to the right of the table while the other wood will go to the left of the table, the upstanding wall 2 serving to prevent the wood from passing over the table and falling between it and the closed door of the car. Thus the wood passing to one side of the table will gravitate along one set of inclines or sections 8 and 11 while the wood traveling to the other side of the table will be directed along the other sections 8 and 11. Men are placed at opposite sides of the table and as the wood is delivered from the sections 11 it is piled up in ricks at the ends of the car and when the rows of wood thus stacked reach the lower ends of the sections 11, said sections are disconnected from the sections 8 and said sections 8 swung downwardly so as to contact with the floor. Thus the wood will be delivered from the two sides of the table and over the sections 8 where it can be readily reached and placed in additional stacks or rows within the car. After these additional rows have been built up in the car the sections 8 are removed and i What is claimed is ing. 7 a

It has been found in practice that by pro- .viding apparatus such as described thecost and labor involved in properly loading a box car withjmill' wood is greatly reduced.

LLoading apparatus of the class de- .7 scribed including a table having itstop in- 5,

clineddownwardly toward'the sides thereof land: froin an intermediate point to form a ridge -inclined downwardlyand forwardly, and upstandingmeans at the back of the table, constituting a an abutment for articles directed ontothe table.

f 2; Loading apparatus scribediincluding'a tablehaving its top in- I ,clined downwardly toward the sides'thereof,

an'd'from the center, said table having a cenv t t of the class detral ridge inclined downwardly and forwardly, upstanding means at the back of the table constituting an abutmentfor articles directed onto the table,and an inclined section at each side of the table and detachably connected thereto.

l 3. Loading apparatus of the class described including a table having its top inclined downwardly toward the sides thereof and from the center, said table having a central ridge inclined downwardly and forwardly, upstanding means at the back of the table constituting an abutment for articles directed onto the table, and detachably connected inclinedsections at each side of the table and detachably connected. to the-table. In testimony that claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

p DELONA, L; CALAHA N.

Witnesses; v 1 Q i i v R. RpRosnnrs, H. CoLLINs. 

